Trachinus pellegrini

Cape Verde weever
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Trachinoidei
Family: Trachinidae
Genus: Trachinus
Species: T. pellegrini
Binomial name
Trachinus pellegrini
Cadenat, 1937

Trachinus pellegrini, the Cape Verde weever, is a fish of the Trachinidae family. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Senegal to Nigeria, including the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, also reported from Mauritania. Marine tropical demersal fish, up to 20 cm length.

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